stacia l. brownAtatiana and the Sonic ImaginationA version of this essay was adapted for my podcast, Hope Chest. You can listen to the audio version here.Oct 17, 2019Oct 17, 2019
stacia l. brownLike a Good Neighbor.Apartment dwelling culture cannot be easily explained to the uninitiated. There is, after all, more than one reason we call apartment…Oct 6, 20194Oct 6, 20194
stacia l. brownBaltimore, Just Below the SurfaceBaltimore is an indescribable city, though you wouldn’t know it from all the national reporters who spin hundreds of woeful yarns…Apr 25, 2019Apr 25, 2019
stacia l. brownThe Art of Knowing When to RetreatHope Chest is a podcast about a womanhood, parenting, art, and mother’s relationship with her young daughter. Delivered in second-person…Jul 31, 2018Jul 31, 2018
stacia l. brownMourning the Morning: On the Obama-to-Trump Transition(Listen to the audio adaptation of this essay here: https://soundcloud.com/hopechestpodcast/sackcloth-farewell-inauguration-of-ashes)Jan 16, 20173Jan 16, 20173
stacia l. browninSmall Business ForumCorporate Life Hack: Be More Like Al Roker.Bare your naked discontent. Let it sour your features. Seethe on air. Stare into the camera, silently blink. Swizzle your day-drink in…Oct 10, 2016Oct 10, 2016
stacia l. browninWorking ParentsWeighing the Costs of Work-From-Home MotheringA single mother ponders whether or not working from home is the best option for her special needs daughter.Oct 5, 20156Oct 5, 20156
stacia l. brownRihanna’s ‘BBHMM’ is a fight song for the timid.1. Quolisha hit me during jumping jacks. I felt her fist connect with the small of my back as my feet left the ground. My arms flailed over…Apr 1, 2015Apr 1, 2015
stacia l. brownAva’s glory has already come. By extension, so has ours.When I arrive at a theater to see Selma, I am 35 and still adrift in ways my peers are not. I have clawed my way toward minor recognition…Jan 15, 2015Jan 15, 2015